The Tempest
/ðə ˈtempɪst/
/ðə ˈtempɪst/
- a play by William Shakespeare, probably written in 1611 and generally thought to be the last play he wrote. In fact the speech by Prospero near the end of the play is often seen as Shakespeare's own farewell to the stage and to life itself. The action of the play takes place on an island and its central character is Prospero, who lives there with his daughter Miranda. Prospero has been replaced as duke of Milan by his brother Antonio and he uses his magic powers to create a storm so that his brother's ship is wrecked and his brother and others come onto the island. With the help of Ariel, a magical creature, Prospero then gets back his position as duke.“Our revels now are ended. These our actors,As I foretold you, were all spirits andAre melted into air, into thin air:And, like the baseless fabric of this vision,The cloud-capp'd towers, the gorgeous palaces,The solemn temples, the great globe itself,Yea, all which it inherit, shall dissolveAnd, like this insubstantial pageant faded,Leave not a rack behind. We are such stuffAs dreams are made on, and our little lifeIs rounded with a sleep.”
威廉·莎士比亚的一部戏剧，可能写于 1611 年，通常被认为是他写的最后一部戏剧。事实上，普洛斯彼罗在戏剧接近尾声时的讲话常常被视为莎士比亚自己对舞台和生活本身的告别。该剧的故事发生在一座小岛上，主角是普洛斯彼罗，他和女儿米兰达住在那里。普洛斯彼罗被弟弟安东尼奥取代了米兰公爵的位置，他用魔法制造了一场风暴，导致弟弟的船失事，弟弟和其他人来到了岛上。在魔法生物爱丽儿的帮助下，普洛斯彼罗重新夺回了公爵的地位。这些我们的演员，正如我所预言的，都是灵魂，都融化在空气中，融化在稀薄的空气中：而且，就像这幻象的毫无根据的结构一样，云顶的塔楼，华丽的宫殿，庄严的寺庙，伟大的地球仪是的，它所继承的一切，都将消散，就像这场虚无缥缈的盛会褪色一样，不留一丝架子。我们就是这样的东西，梦想是在上面做的，我们的小生命是在睡眠中圆润的。”《暴风雨》中的普洛斯彼罗